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Jesus Christ as a Villain...

I have written two books as part of a series. Brandon Marlowe and the Spirit Snatcher and Brandon Marlowe and the Alpha in the Omega. In the later I identify by name Jesus Christ as not only a character but in fact a villain of the story line. If you want to know how I did that you'll just have to read the books :P

Here's what I'm curious about. What are your reactions as atheists to the usage of Jesus Christ, a mythological figure, in storytelling?

Tags: Brandon, Christ, Jesus, Marlowe

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Permalink Reply by MrsLiv on February 19, 2012 at 9:49pm

I always find it interesting when authors use religious figures that people still believe in in fictional contexts. The first books I remember that did this were Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series, which are science fiction/fantasy/romance hybrids. I was still pretty young when I read them and still hadn't rejected the idea of a god, so I at first found it pretty shocking that Piers Anthony depicted the devil as just a job that a human could fill. More recently, I read the His Dark Materials trilogy, that directly casts the church and god and the angels as the bad guys, so Jesus as a villain seems like a believable continuation of that.

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Permalink Reply by Pat on February 19, 2012 at 9:55pm

Tom Robbins did it in his novel, Another Roadside Attraction. And, it was incredibly funny. There's a scene where Jesus gets into a philosophical argument with Tarzan, which is one of the most hilarious things I've ever read.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Livingston on February 19, 2012 at 10:17pm

Look at that... learning stuff already. I'm interested to find what else is out there.

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Permalink Reply by Wiley Coyote on February 23, 2012 at 1:38pm

Is there any other way to use Jesus, but as a fictional character?

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Permalink Reply by Karl on February 27, 2012 at 9:58am

I feel using Jesus as a character in a book or movie the same way I feel about someone using Thor (not a great movie) or Superman (First one was good) or Spiderman (I do like the Spiderman series), etc. I'd like to see Jesus as a guest on AMC's "The Walking Dead". As the worlds most famous Zombie, Jesus should fit the story line perfectly.